Church of Christ

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Church of Christ may refer to:

• the New Testament description for a body of the followers of Jesus, who they believed to be the Christ (e.g., Romans 16:16)
• the entire body of Christians throughout the world, regardless of denomination or tradition
• a body of Christians who continue to use only the New Testament as the source for Christian doctrine and practice and who consider themselves to be part of the original church (in contrast to Catholic, Orthodox, or Protestant churches)
• the Eastern Orthodox or Roman Catholic churches (primarily used by members of these churches)
• a number of Restorationist churches:
  • Church bodies influenced by the Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement:
    • Churches of Christ
    • Churches of Christ in Australia
    • Fellowship of Churches of Christ based in the United Kingdom
    • Associated Churches of Christ in New Zealand
    • Independent Christian Churches/Churches of Christ
    • International Churches of Christ, an offshoot of the Churches of Christ
    • Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
    • The churches of Christ (non-institutional)
  • Denominations with a shared heritage in the Latter Day Saint movement, which include:
    • Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints), the original name of the first Latter Day Saint church, founded in 1830 by Joseph Smith, Jr.
    • Church of Christ (Temple Lot), a Latter Day Saint denomination based in Independence, Missouri
    • Church of Christ with the Elijah Message, which broke away from the Temple Lot church in 1929
    • Church of Christ (Whitmerite), an extinct Latter Day Saint denomination
    • Church of Christ (Brewsterite), an extinct Latter Day Saint denomination
    • Church of Christ (Parrishite), an extinct Latter Day Saint denomination
    • Latter Day Church of Christ, a Mormon fundamentalist denomination based in Utah
    • Latter Day Church of Christ with Signs and Wonders, a Mormon fundamentalist denomination based in Indiana
    • And other denominations called the Church of Jesus Christ
• United Church of Christ, a mainline Protestant denomination in the United States formed in 1957
• United Church of Christ – Congregational in the Marshall Islands, the largest religious group in the Marshall Islands
• Church of Christ, Scientist, also known as Christian Science
• Church of Christ in Congo, the administrative and spiritual union of denominations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Iglesia ni Cristo (Filipino translation for "Church of Christ"), a denomination originating in the Philippines
• Church of Christ, Instrumental, also known as the Kelleyites, a Baptist denomination in Arkansas

[edit] See also

• First Church of Christ (disambiguation)
• Church of Jesus Christ